Category Archives: snippet

Behold, I tell you a mystery

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I. 1:55, Wednesday, August 29, A. D. 2018 I was coming around the corner between the bakery I worked at and the place I’d parked my car, to get my lunch. As I turned, I saw a certain truck coming … Continue reading →

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Having run out of witty titles

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The silence last week was quite accidental. We’re approaching the end of the orchestra season (concert on Saturday! Anyone want to come?) and I’ve actually worked a little bit, and am not too far behind on Camp NaNo, although the stats … Continue reading →

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“I’m just the amanuensis, I don’t know anything!”

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Two of my writing projects share the highest-priority place at the moment, but one of them gets longer faster than the other. They are The Two-Legged League and Levi’s story, tentatively titled So That Others May Live. The latter is at 37,000 words … Continue reading →

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Caution: may explode on impact

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I am not at school today, on account of a cold, and I skipped class yesterday too. Olivia was reminiscing about camp last night, and said she wished it would have gone on forever, but I said a week was … Continue reading →

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Just fraternizing

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The Adventures of the Motley Crew have reached eighty thousand (80,000) words, and I expect it will pause there for a while (I’d be pleasantly surprised if it didn’t, but that seems unlikely). We had our last get-together on Sunday, … Continue reading →

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Si medicus quisquam in horto prostratus

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The announcement I said might come in the last post, except I forgot about it, which I also said I might do, is here now. I am working on a new novel, probably on the shorter side. The idea sort … Continue reading →

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So what *have* I been writing?

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I’ve already mentioned setting OtN down for a bit while I hunt up articles, but the Camp NaNo stats are still going up, so what am I doing? The story really deserves its own title, as I’m ten thousand words … Continue reading →

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Snippets — Of the North, mostly

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

asdfghjk asdfghjk cut asdfghjkl ;;’snip snur’ trim trim * * * * * This is what happens when your sister comes home from work and you’ve left your computer unsupervised while you’re making lunch. (She said, “But those are snippets!”) … Continue reading →

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Last things

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Tonight’s our last concert of the season, and the last concert (for the foreseeable future) at which the motley crew will be complete. In addition to a lot of pieces premiering, we’re doing Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture. For good or … Continue reading →

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November wrap-up post — with snippets

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Reading: Bits of Hegel and Marx and Ibn Khaldun and Nietzsche and such, for Historiography (We’re almost done and I shall be sad — how is next week the last week of classes already?) The Song of Roland, for the … Continue reading →

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